When
Romelu Lukaku joined Chelsea from Anderlecht in 2011, hopes were high from the
Belgian Youngster. He scored 15 goals for the Belgian Club and ended the season as club’s top scorer. Many tipped him as the future Didier Drogba. A
huge fee of around £18million was paid by Chelsea. But Lukaku was never able to set
in his new team.

His disappointment started when he was not given the first teamchance. Later in next season, the Belgian was loaned off to West Bromwich Albion for a season long deal.

Chelsea enjoyed a £10million profit on the sale of Romelu Lukaku to Everton.

Lukaku
finally got regular playing time there and he made full use of it. He scored 17
goals and ended the season as Club’s top scorer. He outscored all the Chelsea’s
strikers in that season. So when he returned to Chelsea side after quite an
impressive display, in the start of 2013-14 season, it was thought that the
Belgian would fit in a team that was quite in a need of good strikers. But
after missing a decisive penalty against FC Bayern in UEFA Super Cup, he was
once again sent out on loan, may be that was not the only reason.

This
time, his destination was Merseyside club Everton. Lukaku started his loan
spell at Everton with a bang. He scored the winning goal against WestHam United on his debut. Once again, the striker was off and
running. He showed what he can do if he gets a chance. He defeated the keeper
15 times last season. On one side when Jose Mourinho was lamenting on lack of
strikers’ goals, Lukaku was scoring goals for fun.

Romelu Lukaku in BPL 2013-14

Games
Played

Goals

Assists

Shot
Accuracy

31

15

6

62%

At
the start of summer transfer window, Lukaku returned to Chelsea after another
successful period on loan. But it looks that Manager Jose Mourinho didn’t have
enough faith on the Belgian Striker. When Chelsea brought Diego Costa fromSpanish Champions Atletico Madrid, it seems either one
of Torres or Lukaku must be sacrificed. Torres had another dismal season but
Mourinho thought the other way. When Everton came calling with their club
record fee of £28million, Mourinho made his decision. Everton finally got a promising
striker for a club record fee.

Mourinho made £28million pounds on Lukaku transfer and signed Drogba for free. The Clever One!

But
what was decisive there was Jose’s lack of confidence in Lukaku. Many people
think Mourinho had made up his mind to sell Lukaku after he deprived the
‘Special One’ from a trophy in UEFA Super Cup. Lukaku and Mourinho were never
on the same page. The Belgian striker demanded a regular first team spot which Mourinho was
reluctant to promise. In a recent interview, Mourinho expressed his feelings
about the Belgian. He said,“He (Lukaku) wanted to play
for Chelsea, but clearly only as first-choice striker - and at a club of our
dimension it’s very difficult to promise a player that status.”

So
after Chelsea has resigned Drogba, their fans are now hoping that the decision
of selling Lukaku shall not backfire. Otherwise the burden might be carried by
a rebel in Diego Costa alone who is new to the Premier League and might take
some time to adjust towards the Premier League.